European-language Writing in Sub-Saharan AfricaAlbert S. Gérard John Benjamins Publishing, 1 janv. 1986 - 1288 pages The first major comparative study of African writing in western languages, European-language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa, edited by Albert S. Gérard, falls into four wide-ranging sections: an overview of early contacts and colonial developments Under Western Eyes ; chapters on Black Consciousness manifest in the debates over Panafricanism and Negritude; a group of essays on mental decolonization expressed in Black Power texts at the time of independence struggles; and finally Comparative Vistas, sketching directions that future comparative study might explore. An introductory essay stresses the millennia of writing in Africa, side by side with a richly eloquent and artistic set of vernacular oral traditions; written and oral traditions have become interwoven in adaptations of imported forms and linguistic innovations that challenge traditional high literary norms. Gérard uses the mathematical concept of fuzzy sets to explain why the focus on Black Africa has led him to set aside for future analysis the literatures produced in North Africa, which fall under the influence of Muslim civilization, as well as the diasporic literatures of the New World. Over sixty scholars from twenty-two countries contribute specialized studies of creative writing by leading authors in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries such as Achebe, Mphahlele, Ngugi, Senghor, Soyinka, and Tutuola. Critical analyses are organized primarily around regions, reflecting different colonial languages imposed through schools and other social institutions. Some authors trace the adaptation of western genres, others identify syncretism with folktales or myths. The volumes are attentive to the heterogeneity of national literatures addressed to polyethnic and multilingual populations, and they note the instrumental politics of language in newly independent states. A closing chapter, Tasks Ahead, identifies areas for future scholars to explore. |
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... significant,” her editor continues, “that in this company her ability as an exceptional conversationalist gained her both favour and presents, among which were a copy of the 1770 Glasgow folio edition of Paradise Lost, given her by the ...
... significant,” her editor continues, “that in this company her ability as an exceptional conversationalist gained her both favour and presents, among which were a copy of the 1770 Glasgow folio edition of Paradise Lost, given her by the ...
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... significant contributions of the black section of the United States' population to the wealth and diversity of ... significant number of truly gifted authors and thinkers. This sudden development had been made possible by one aspect of ...
... significant contributions of the black section of the United States' population to the wealth and diversity of ... significant number of truly gifted authors and thinkers. This sudden development had been made possible by one aspect of ...
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... significant in the Liberian example when one considers the facts: a country founded in 1822, declared independent by her black English-speaking settlers in 1847, yet with a paucity of writing and an astonishing mediocrity of quality in ...
... significant in the Liberian example when one considers the facts: a country founded in 1822, declared independent by her black English-speaking settlers in 1847, yet with a paucity of writing and an astonishing mediocrity of quality in ...
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... significant that even with his zealous orations about a free Africa, this West-Indian transplant believed that the returning slaves came to improve the primitive natives. For him, the civilizing influence of America remained essential ...
... significant that even with his zealous orations about a free Africa, this West-Indian transplant believed that the returning slaves came to improve the primitive natives. For him, the civilizing influence of America remained essential ...
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... significant step in the right direction and it is with great pleasure that we anticipate the publication of the collection of Khasu's plays. Kona Khasu is not only an actor-playwright; he is also a poet. In The Seeds of Time (1971) ...
... significant step in the right direction and it is with great pleasure that we anticipate the publication of the collection of Khasu's plays. Kona Khasu is not only an actor-playwright; he is also a poet. In The Seeds of Time (1971) ...
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